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Post subject: Isn't a guitar player just a guitar player?
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:41 pm
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When you tell someone that you play guitar, how many times have you been asked "do you play acoustic or electric?" Don't I just play guitar? Do they ask piano players if they play a grand piano or a keyboard? I suppose those who only own one or the other have a straight answer, but aren't guitar players just guitar players?

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Post subject: Re: Isn't a guitar player just a guitar player?
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:46 pm
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Well said! That question always bothers me. I'm very capable of playing both, I own both. The question itself makes no sense, the skills you have can be used on either instrument. It's no different then asking a guitar player if he can play a Fender or Gibson. Stupid IMO.


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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:53 pm
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I hate the questions when meeting new people. I tell them I'll answer their questions when I'm allowed to make them deaf.

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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:54 pm
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Another one I get a lot is "Can I have lessons?" which is flattering, but I'm not anywhere near qualified.

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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:00 pm
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Been asked this 100 times, never really thought about it like that. interesting with the piano analogy. BTW I can also drive a 2 or 4 wheel drive car. Does seem a bit silly to ask now that you bring it up. My buddy plays alto, and tenor saxophone.....does that make him bi-saxual?

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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:07 pm
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They are 2 different styles of playing the guitar so I think its a valid question


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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:09 pm
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No different IMO from when you tell someone you ski and they ask "water or snow?".

While the theory of execution is similar, the operative dynamics are (to varying degrees) different.

I surely wouldn't lose any sleep over a paradoxical issue such as this.

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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:16 pm
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It doesn't really bother me, I find there are 3 simple answers.

Electric, Acoustic or both.

Then most people don't care enough to delve further :lol:


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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:21 pm
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I just say both and then I immediately try to change the subject before they ask me for a lesson or ask what kind of guitar is the best in the whole world or ask me if I know Joe Schmoe, the guitar player who lives three towns away.

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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:11 pm
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Arnold Layne wrote:
My buddy plays alto, and tenor saxophone.....does that make him bi-saxual?
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I can also mention that I can drive a car - but only if it is really fast :lol: :lol:
When I am asked what I play , and I now and then want to brag :mrgreen: - I tell them I play electric guitar , acoustic guitar ,baritone guitar , bass guitar , dobro and lap steel . Then I get this :shock: reaction :lol:
A guitar player is just a guitar player

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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:19 pm
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my favorite is when someone finds out you play guitar, and their next line is "you must be great at guitar hero". try to explain that they are totally different, and watch the blank stare

fwiw, i have no use for this air guitar thing either


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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:08 pm
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I'm not bothered at all by that question and just answer"Both." and if asked if I give lessons I just simply answer: "You couldn't possibly afford me." and if they persist I tell them $100 for a 1/2 hour lesson.

BTW Re the acoustic/electric debate: Andres Segovia dismissed the electric guitar as an "abomination and not even a proper instrument."

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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:29 pm
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That's why I dislike Segovia.

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Isn't a guitar player just a guitar player?

I don't understand the question.

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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:36 pm
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guitslinger wrote:
BTW Re the acoustic/electric debate: Andres Segovia dismissed the electric guitar as an "abomination and not even a proper instrument."

Segovia was a great virtuoso . But I bet he would not like Zeppelin or even Beatles :lol:
I don't like those nylon-stringed classical guitars , either - but LOVE my steel stringed acoustics!
( This summer I actually played one of those nylon-things , because this was offered me for a jam with a recording artist. Great fun , and he wanted me to play with him later ,as well. So I guess it kinda worked)

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